Information minister points to excessive coverage of crime by TV channels
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 23 January 2019
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Fawad Chaudhry has highlighted the extensive crime reporting by television channels, questioning its effect on society. He shared statistics of crime news coverage from various channels.Summary
ISLAMABAD – Federal Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday pointed to excessive coverage of crime news by television channels and wondered what impact it would have on the society.
He tweeted a list of the minutes each channel gave to crime reporting out of a total of 31680 minutes.
Topping the list is Lahore News with 2178 minutes of crime coverage followed by 7 News with 2024 minutes.
The list records the minutes of crime reporting from January 1 to 22.
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— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 23, 2019
All the prominent channels including Geo, ARY, and Dunya News feature prominently.
The minister appealed to the media to review their policy while reminding them it was not important to treat every news as ‘breaking’.
Photo courtesy: dailytimes.com.pk
Key Points
- Fawad Chaudhry addresses excessive crime news coverage.
- Lahore News topped with 2178 minutes of crime reporting.
- Minister calls for media to reconsider their reporting policies.
- Data includes coverage from January 1 to 22.
- Prominent channels like Geo, ARY, and Dunya News also featured.
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